11:09 PM,
Jan. 9, 2013

Phil Boots

Written by

Chris Morisse Vizza
cvizza@jconline.com

A social media site, Twitter, was all aflutter about a report that state Sen. Phil Boots had introduced a bill authorizing the state to declare federal laws unconstitutional.

"The Supreme Court is misinterpreting the Constitution," Boots is quoted as stating to the Times of Northwest Indiana, a Munster media outlet.

Boots, R-Crawfords-ville, is also quoted as saying he'll ask Senate President Pro Tem David Long to give Senate Bill 230 a hearing, even though Long assigned it to the Rules Committee, where it will likely stay. ...